Hi Folks, Matt said:

From a political viewpoint, I think we'd need a volunteer to keep the scripts in working order for Win95/98/ME. Unless that happens, I don't consider "upgrade to 2000" to be an unreasonable response.

I want to second this request. It's really hard for Matt and I to stay on top of all these different platforms. The 9x/ME series of OS's is sufficiently different from 2000/NT/XP (I run 2000 under VMWare on my linux box) that it is hard for us to keep up. I would be happy to help a volunteer 9x/ME tester/debugger get up and running. The biggest chore is learning how to use the program that Matt and I chose for building the Windows installation package. That's not hard -- I had it mostly figured out in a day. Then Matt said:

Also from a political viewpoint, could we encourage 'A fellow' to post such problems here?

I get lots of email from people about Atoms and, of late, about Athena. I have taken to pointing out the web entry point to our mailing list whenever I answer a question from someone who may not be a subscriber. I encourage all of you to encourage anyone around you who may be interested in our software to subscribe. As ifeffit and friends have been finding a wider audience, more problems have been cropping up. This is a natural part of growth and is very healthy. With the help of all of you on this list, Matt and I will be able to make a much better package. Finally, some suggested reading from freshmeat, the software repository: The Importance of Non-Developer Supporters in Free Software http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/156/ How to Report Bugs Effectively http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/149/ B -- Bruce Ravel ----------------------------------- ravel@phys.washington.edu U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Code 6134 phone: (1) 202 767 5947 Washington DC 20375, USA fax: (1) 202 767 1697 NRL Synchrotron Radiation Consortium (NRL-SRC) Beamlines X11a, X11b, X23b, X24c, U4b National Synchrotron Light Source Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 My homepage: http://feff.phys.washington.edu/~ravel EXAFS software: http://feff.phys.washington.edu/~ravel/software/exafs/